RAP BEEF TIMELINE · 2016–2016
Lil Yachty vs. Soulja Boy
India Love, leaked texts, and a fast apology
Soulja Boy posts photos with India Love, Lil Yachty asks him to remove them, and a screenshot-driven Instagram Live spiral follows. Yachty responds onstage; Soulja later blames medication and apologizes.
THE RECORD
The moments
Social media · disputed account
India Love’s photos trigger a text exchange
Soulja Boy posts photos with India Love; Yachty texts asking him to remove them, saying she is his shorty.
Read the receipt ↗Social media · disputed account
Soulja turns the screenshots into an Instagram Live rant
Soulja posts the texts and threatens Yachty while Yachty answers from a festival stage. India Love says she is dating neither rapper.
Read the receipt ↗Reconciliation
An apology ends the flare-up
Soulja says medication contributed to his outburst and publicly apologizes, closing one of 2016’s shortest social-media beefs.
Read the receipt ↗
THE RECEIPTS
Sources and listening
Lil Yachty × Soulja Boy — supplied timeline and social posts ↗ARTIST LENSES